Photos by Rick Anderson

Rick just shot me an email with this sequence of Antonio doing a 180 down a 4-set. Really clean photos and a smooth landing. Nice one man!

Some new stuff from Erik Vehmeyer. from Erik V on Vimeo.

I guess I missed this edit from Erik over on Trick Track. Erik was chosen to test out one of the Volume Thrasher prototypes. Really solid riding and that feeble to bar out was clean!

You've still got a few days to enter the Pikey Bags x Headset Clothing x Prolly is not Probably Give-Away. Headset Clothing is also going to kick down a cycling cap for 2nd place! Tell your girlfriends, your sisters and your friends about this. Check out the current submissions here at the original posting.

The contest ends March 18th.

Photos by Keith Teket and Rick Anderson

I have to say, this is pretty fucking rad. Christina from Bmore Fixed and Gabby from Milwaukee hitting some stairs. Gabby's recent blog entry on her Charge Diary has a brief story about her doing a 4-stair gap and Cristina's entry to the Pikey Bags x Headset Clothing x Prolly is not Probably Give-Away has her hitting this 4-stair in downtown Baltimore. I watched Christina fall hard four or five times in Richmond trying to do a wallride. She ate shit so many times and still got back up to go for it again. Tough girl!

These ladies are putting in their work. Keep at it!

Previously:
Bmore Fixed: Christina Panteliodis
Charge Bikes Welcomes Gabrielle Gulczynski

Andy made an edit for 14 Bike Co. showcasing some of their riders. Oscar, Ted and Tony Fast repping the ESB frames. Nice one!

Believe it or not, I'm still editing photos from the 2010 NAHBS. Last night I came across a photo of Alan's freakbike locked up to a fence at the Polo courts. Cycling WMD's always got something in the works and even though this is a self-proclaimed "rush job", I think it came out looking pretty sharp.

Check out his post on the bike here.

Downtown Show Down Edit from Mike Dinh on Vimeo.

In case the other 12 edits weren't enough, here's Mike's edit from the Downtown Showdown!

Previously:
Matt Lingo: Downtown Showdown Media
Chula Vista TV: Downtown Showdown
Downtown Showdown Edit

Photo by Eisuke Sekiguchi

Sexysushi is at it again for Ollie Magazine. He just posted some photos of Hal building one of the FTC x Nabiis Alchemy frames at BORED bike shop in Tokyo. Really great lighting in these shots. Check them out here.

Kareem's already set up the Southeastern US' Death Pedal 2 premiere. Here's his description of the event from the DP site:

This is gonna be a good one. I mean, you know… we got Fat Tire hooking it up with multiple kegs, TONNNS of prizes from our sponsors with Eighth Inch hooking up a bike to win. What could be better? Also trying to drum up some funds for the North American Courier Cycle Championships of which Atlanta is the host city this year.

As with the other Death Pedal 2 Premieres, this will be the only one in this region (southeast). There really won’t be a lot of chances to see the film so I hope people don’t sleep on it!

Read what I thought of the film here.

Previously:
Death Pedal 2 San Diego Premiere
Death Pedal 2 World Premiere Recap

Matt Lingo shot this sequence of Congo for VAGX at the Downtown Showdown. The Korean porter company stepped into the American fixed scene by supporting the bronco-hopping Congo and others from Cali and once again, Mr. Matt Lingo's work is looking great.

Carney Breaks Collarbone from BikeJerks on Vimeo.

Damn Carney! First your ankle, now your collarbone? Sheesh. Heal up man!

via Bike Jerks

Velo Cult's one of those shops. You know the kind. The shops with oodles of vintage cycles, from all eras, just hanging around. They're into fixed gears and touring too (oh my!); one of those shops that hits on everything cycling related and supports the communities by documenting each with beautiful photographs on their blog. They just get it. Even their branding and website is spot-fucking-on.

Case in point; their wool jerseys. I've posted about them before and I've finally got my hands on one.

Check out more below.

The-rise teaser from Vincent Allard on Vimeo.

Damn straight! I agree with Chris "the Butcher" Clappe over at ZLOG. The big bike MTB edits always get me stoked to ride. There's a few local dudes who kill shit on theirs here in NYC. A lot of the tricks in this edit have been done on fixed gears before and a lot haven't, giving you guys a good bar to look towards in the future. Enough banter, onto the edit; Vincent Allard is working on a project called The-Rise. It's all big-bike riding. Street, DJ and park riding on 26" MTBs. I'm going to keep an eye on this project for sure. Always refreshing to see edits like this (music rules too BTW); which leads me to my only question.

Who's the band?

WRAHW Welcomes Nasty from Torey Thornton on Vimeo.

Sick shit from Nasty for Torey's blog WRAHW. Loved the back-peg to nose pivot and the big 180 at the end. I can't get enough of 180's, definitely my favorite trick! Really dope riding for sure!

Volume ( @vbc_demolition ) just Tweeted this new Thrasher ad featuring Eric Puckett. It's a great photo of Eric doing a 180 down a 7 stair.

The ad was shot by Danny Garcia.

Previously:
Volume Thrasher Prototype Forks
AJ and Puckett: Sunday in Austin
Eric Puckett Volume Ad
Volume Bikes Thrasher Build

I finally got around to taking photos of my Bruiser with the new Profile Fixed ( @profileracing ) 36t Splined Sprocket installed. One of the reasons some people may have taken a disliking to it could be because they were viewing it as an object without context and not installed on a bike. Even with the raw-polished finish, it may still look cheap to some. But that's the finish, not the sprocket itself. This thing is straight off the cnc bed and man, it's really well detailed.

Check out some more photos and a further write-up on it below.

Flier via Bonedeth

Text via Artlog:

“The Unifying Machine” is a collection of work by a group of artists that have been connected through the ’"machine’s” power to create community through a common ground.

This art exhibition will take place at a converted workspace loft at 141 Beard St, Building 12 B in Red Hook Brookyn from March 18 – 21, 2010, and will be open to the public free of charge. The opening is Thursday from 6:30 pm to 10 pm.

On Saturday the 20th "The Unifying Machine" will host the Red Hook Criterium pre-race activity and the post race podium celebration.

Full list of confirmed artists are below.

Korea-based LSD Bikes have just announced two new freestyle frames; the Dolphin and the 38Destroyer. If this sounds familiar, it's because I posted a Dolphin teaser back in February. The Dolphin, pictured above, has a unique bend in the top tube while the 38Destroyer has a bent seat tube, allowing the wheel to be slammed to the bottom bracket shell. Interesting choices in frame language. You can read more on the bikes here.

Seen over at Pedal Consumption.

Mont Verdoux 13 July 1972 via the Guardian

This week for Merckx Mondays, I'll be looking at the 1971 Tour de France.

Eddy Merckx had many rivalries during his racing career. One of the most memorable battles took place during the 1971 Tour de France. It pitted the Cannibal (in a newly sponsored Molteni kit) against Luis Ocaña (pictured on the left of Merckx in the photo above). Merckx knew that Ocaña was a worthy opponent. It wasn't long into the 1971 Tour that the Spaniard had taken a 7-minute lead over Merckx on the Orcieres-Merlette. The world thought it was over for Merckx. Luckily for Eddy, he regained the yellow jersey in the Pyrenees when Luis Ocaña crashed into two spectators and was forced to pull out of the race. Merckx went on to win the Tour that year and again in 1972, when the above photo was taken. Ocaña finally grasped a victory in 1973 which, coincidentally, was the year that Merckx decided to not race.

To many cycling fans, the 1971 Tour de France was a memorable one. Below is a three-part documentary on this year entitled Tour de France 1971 - Luis Ocaña vs. Eddy Merckx. All three videos are embedded below. They're an interesting watch, so set some time aside to check them out.

PUSH IT A STOP CLUBSTEP REMIX from scott marceau on Vimeo.

I haven't seen Scott in a while now. Maybe it's due to the weather, or maybe he's out in Texas with Adam 22. Whatever it is, his Push it a Stop blog is steady packed with all kinds of videos he shoots. Remember that Peel Sessions with the Revival edit I made from footage he shot? Anyway, just laying down the foundations; bottom line is, follow this dude's Vimeo channel and his blog. You won't be let down. Case in point is his newest web edit. This video is stuffed with mannie pad lines. Some are straight ridiculous!

I saw it earlier on his RSS and forgot to post it. Since then, I've seen it at TCU and TOLA.

Previously:
Push it a Stop: Flip Clips vol. 1
Peel Sessions with the Revival
Push it a Stop